| Show Geneva lo 10 Hall Hail 3 furnaces Within 2 Days 23 Face Fcc Layoff By y Saturday As Plant Tapers Off By Telegram Leased Wire PROVO PROVO FIrst First repercussions of ot the Wednesday order suspending steel production at the Geneva Steel Co plant were being felt fell Thursday with the company's announcement an an- that the e three remainIng remaining remaining remain remain- ing open hearth furnaces will be closed down Friday night or Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day morning The foundry it was revealed closed down Wednesday night Involving Involving in involving In- In a comparatively small mall number of or men In all men will viI have been laid off oft by Saturday morning company officials said In their an announcement an an- made through the Salt Lake City office Total employment em em- at the plant Is estimated at 2400 l Return Waited Indications were that no further developments would be announced before the return of Walther company president from Washington this week end No one else officials said Is Js au au- to predict the total effect on employment The Utah County Central Labor union meanwhile 1 has sent wire to President Truman appealing for tor assurance that the steel teel plant will continue in operation Full FuU text of ot the unions union's telegram to President Truman f follows The Utah County Central Labor Labor Labor La La- bor council executive board A FL in sc session slon Oct 10 received information tion that the Geneva steel plant would cease production of steel Nov 12 1945 Gov Maw the chamber of commerce and A F L organizations have everything every every- thing possible for permanent continued continued con con- operation of the Geneva steel plant Workers Buy Homes Many hundreds of workers have purchased homes homes' because of the supposed permanency of the steel plant These workers will be affected affected affected af af- af- af by losing great portions O of ot their lifetime savings sayings If iI the plant does not run Wear We ar are appealing pp aUng to you yo as president of ot the United Stat States 8 for tor assurance that the Geneva steel teel plant will continue operation until until un un- un- un til tn some reliable group purchases or leases it It is the opinion of our p people p ople that the Geneva Gene steel plant apparently apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap has been made a political football by some senators and con con- gressmen The telegram was signed by H. H B. B Egbert union president and Farrell Liljenquist secretary The termination ordes ordel was re received received ye- ye Wednesday in a wire from Sam Sani H H. Husbands Reconstruction Finance Corp director stipulating that steel production and rolling mill operations be terminated upon completion of ot present orders or orno orno orno no later than Nov 12 In Salt Lake City Joseph S. S Mayer Utah director of ot the U U. S. S employment service said d that even If It all of the estimated 2500 workers work work- ers era at Geneva were laid off oft they potentially could be absorbed by bythe bythe the jo job jop openings i in Utah now on file tile at the U USE S E S offices He pointed out however that thatis is only a mathematical solution dependent upon whether or not lot the workers would accept the offered jobs Nearly 80 SQ of the Geneva workers are arc permanent residents resides ta of ot Utah county he said aid and many would be unwilling to leave their homes for employment elsewhere in irs the state A Also Abo lO he added the figure figure figure fig fig- ure is a lump sum of ot skilled and unskilled labor much of it not comparable to th the work done by many steel plant labor laborers rs |
